The Threshold of the Upper Three Ranks

Song Ankang spent several months preparing before he received word that the Tengu Ancestor had returned from the Devil Race and would soon be heading back to Moon Bay.

Song Ankang did not make his move immediately, because the Tengu Ancestor first summoned several Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals from the clan to Moon Bay to discuss the tribute.

Song Ankang quietly hid within Moon Bay and listened to the Tengu Race ancestors' discussion. Only then did he learn that, because the tribute had been insufficient, the Tengu Ancestor had not only been reprimanded by Mo Tian, the Second-Rank Devil Emperor, but had also been ordered to make up the entire shortfall at the next tribute payment a hundred years later.

Because they had gone to war with the Nine-Lives Cat Race in recent years, the two sides had fought until their heads were bloodied and their lives were spent. They had consumed far too many resources and riches, and even quite a few Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals had fallen. That was why the Tengu Race had been unable to submit the full tribute this time.

They had originally hoped that Devil Emperor Mo Tian would show them some leniency, but not only had he refused, he had punished them instead. The Tengu Race ancestors could only sigh helplessly.

After discussing matters for several days, the Tengu Race ancestors finally left one after another. They decided to thoroughly plunder resources and wealth over the coming century, doing everything possible to make up the shortfall at the next tribute.

Only then did Song Ankang learn that Demonic Flame Soaring Sky's Imperial Father was actually named Mo Tian. Yet she had given herself such a name during their chats. It seemed she truly admired her Imperial Father.

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